Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7ml
16 km ESE of Arvin, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kern County, 22 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 976 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 9.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 99× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.6 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
Where
Epicentre 35.1510, -118.6698. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 22 km (14 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Ventura County, CA | 98 km (61 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 113 km (70 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Tulare County, CA | 120 km (75 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Kings County, CA | 146 km (91 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Kings County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 12 km SSW of Arvin, CA
- 1.6 11 km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 3.2 11 km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.5 11 km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 2.2 11 km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.9 11 km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 2.5 11 km S of Bodfish, CA
- 2.1 11 km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.7 11 km S of Bodfish, CA
- 1.9 11 km S of Bodfish, CA
- 1.7 11 km S of Bodfish, CA
- 4.3 11 km S of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 13 km WNW of Mojave, CA
- 1.5 13 km W of Mojave, CA
- 1.6 25 km NE of Lamont, CA
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.0 on 2021-08-27 — it released about 3,100 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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